I just finished my new rack that can hold 7 more snakes in it. The 1st one i built, will need to be redone, since my heat tape is having a problem (i have it all wired to 1 thermostat, which i dont like to do...)the top piece isnt gettng hot at all, and the bottom peice is not holding heat, since its in a cooler basement it is loosing heat-.... so i thought of a different idea...
I have the heat tape wired together still, but only 3 pieces... so that way the top 3 are set at 96 (to make it around 93 in tub) and the bottom 3 are set up at 100 ( for the tubs to be at 93 hot spot) and the very bottom rack will have its own thermostat and heat tape since that will prolly need to be set pretty high...
over all the idea is working great!! i couldnt be happier with the idea (not saying it was mine, but im happy)
few pics of the rack, and the wiring....
Top 3 pieces
you can see how i did 3 and 3 to make a top and bottom thermostat...
this is what i am most happy about, instead of having the wiring and all that ran in the back, (it gets tangled and messy i dont like clutter) i drilled holes and ran the heat tape wiring out the side of the rack.. cant really tell from these pics, but I think it works better, because the tub does not have to slide up onto the connection area of the heat tape
again, im not an expert at building things, but i am overall happy with this one... next week, ill be fixing the 1st one and doing some re wiring.
oh yea, and here are 2 pics of 2 of the snakes... just cuz youguys love pictures.
female pastel
male pastave
thanks for looking! any input is much appriciated.
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